Big man: I am the Champion Marquis!

Chapter 165 Dominance

Huo Xian was in a good mood because the war was going smoothly and many things were progressing as expected.

After a brief rest, Huo Xian led the army to continue their march. The war was not over yet, and there was still a lot of work to be completed thoroughly.

There is nothing to worry about Yuanqu City. As long as we break into the city and kill them until they have no power to resist, many things that follow will naturally be easier.

Huo Xian, who led the army northward, no longer cared about the vanguard and the rear guard. The number of troops was not particularly large to begin with, so there was no need to distinguish them so clearly now.

If they hurry up and head north, they might have a chance to catch up with the enemy. If the Western Region coalition forces flee, they are likely to run into the troops led by Huo Xian.

It is not enough to kill too many enemies. This is not just Huo Xian's idea. The soldiers under him also think so. Only by winning more can they be awarded titles and receive noble titles.

The generals have their rewards, and the soldiers have their rewards. If you win the battle, you will get everything!
The army began to march northward with great vigor. Suddenly, they saw smoke and dust rising in the north, which made Huo Xian and others excited.

"Heavy cavalry, charge forward!" Huo Xian ordered decisively, "Kang Da, Tian Ren, you two will lead the left and right wings. Change your armor quickly and get ready to follow me to kill the enemy!"

We must hurry up and put on our armor. Although we have already gone out to fight, only a small number of soldiers are fully equipped with armor during the march. This is also to save manpower and horsepower.

Huo Xian's followers rushed forward and helped him put on the inner soft armor and the outer heavy armor. The heavy cavalry also quickly changed into heavy armor and began to gather towards Huo Xian.

There was no need for any fancy moves. The smoke and dust ahead was growing thicker and thicker, the enemy seemed to be trembling slightly, and the Western Region Allied Forces were getting closer and closer.

When he saw the Western Region cavalry appear, Huo Xian directly ordered, "Follow me to kill the enemy!"

The heavy cavalry began to charge. In fact, the heavy cavalry's starting speed was not fast, the acceleration process was also relatively slow, and even its absolute speed was not as good as that of the light cavalry.

But all this doesn't matter. The task of the heavy cavalry is not to chase the enemy, but to directly break up the enemy's formation in a head-on confrontation and to directly kill the enemy in a siege. That's all.

The coalition forces of the Western Regions were also panicked. They were originally confronting the Han army, but suddenly they heard that Yuanqu City had been breached. The general of Yanqi State received an imperial decree to lead his troops back to provide support immediately.

The Han troops that were originally in confrontation suddenly increased their offensive. Arrows rained down, and the men were like tigers and horses like dragons. They chose to engage in a head-on battle with this seemingly powerful coalition force.

The Yanqi people were the first to flee, and the main force was gone, so the remaining armies of various countries naturally fled in panic. Not only were they being hunted down along the way, but they suddenly ran into the more terrifying Han army head-on. This was a nightmare!

Huo Xian didn't care about so many things, and he didn't need to conserve the horse's power. He urged his horse forward and killed and knocked off any enemy in front of him.

With the heavy cavalry as the spearhead, the cavalry on the left and right sides followed one after another, determined to completely kill the fleeing Western Region coalition forces.

Not only Huo Xian was fighting, Kangda and others were also covering and driving away the enemies on the left and right wings. They must not let these people from the Western Regions escape. It was a rare opportunity to confront the enemy in the wilderness, so of course they had to annihilate the enemy in the wild.

The Han army preferred to annihilate the enemy outside the city, even the Huns did not care, let alone the Western Regions coalition. Compared with the attack and defense of the city, the field battle was simpler and more brutal.

"My Lord, the Marquis of Yiqu is here!" Chen Ju suddenly shouted, holding a ring-handled sword, "An Guo should be here too!"

Huo Xian took back his lance and said with a wicked smile, "They must be getting anxious. They have been chasing us for almost a day. Now they have the fat meat in their mouths. Let me eat it!"

Hearing Huo Xian's words, Chen Ju and other troops also laughed. Gongsun Ao, Zhao Anguo and the Western Regions coalition forces faced off, following military orders to hold out, and only when the time was right would they fight and pursue the enemy.

The enemy was defeated and fled. The army was about to expand the victory by launching a surprise attack, but they didn't know that Huo Xian's army would snatch away the greatest gains. If you think about it, you might really feel unbalanced.

But it didn't matter, they were generals anyway. Moreover, Gongsun Ao and other senior generals knew why the people of the Western Regions suddenly panicked and began to flee.

Seeing a disheveled, thin man from the Western Regions dismounting and wanting to surrender, Huo Xian did not stop at all. It was difficult to stop the heavy cavalry once they started charging, and there was no need to stop now!
After just one round of charge, the Western Region Allied Forces that fled south were covered in corpses. Now it is difficult for them to form a large-scale and organized army. They are just remnants of defeated soldiers fleeing in all directions.

Needless to say, the fate of those defeated soldiers and generals was that only a very few were able to escape back to their countries, and most of them were hunted down by the Han army and became military exploits.

Even if they escape, it is difficult to escape back to their own country or city. Many people are even terrified now, fearing that their country will be destroyed as soon as they leave.

A cavalryman rushed to Huo Xian and said, "Grand Marshal, Marquis Yiqu led his army to break through the enemy's formation. Please give us your instructions!"

Huo Xian answered directly, "What other military orders are needed at this time? Just kill the enemies. The more you kill, the more military merits you will get!" There is really no need to consider any tactics at this time. The easiest thing is to attack in a surprise attack. Now, continuing to expand the results of the battle is what the Han army should do.

Huo Xian commanded the heavy cavalry to turn around. Although it was a little difficult to break through again now, it was still possible if more casualties could be incurred.

The Western Regions coalition was not stupid, and they would naturally try to hide from the Han army that cut off their retreat. Especially when facing this heavy cavalry, they hid as far as they could, and naturally ran as far as they could.

The current mission of the heavy cavalry is to raid some Western Region infantry. These defeated soldiers who have abandoned their armor and weapons and are half-naked can also be considered the military achievements of the Han Dynasty.

Gongsun Ao found Huo Xian triumphantly and said, "Grand Marshal, if you give me another hour, I will kill all these people!"

Huo Xian took off his mask, looked at the corpses lying on the battlefield and said with a smile, "Now that there is no hidden worry, we can probably defeat the Che Division, or directly seek out the Xiongnu for a decisive battle."

Gongsun Ao naturally agreed with Huo Xian's words, "Sir, do you have more baggage now?"

Huo Xian laughed, still quite happy, "I think the baggage this time is enough. Yanqi is now broken, and we have a lot of baggage, food and some slaves. Our army's logistics will not be a big problem."

Gongsun Ao said, "Right now, it's just the weapons. Everything else is fine, but the consumption of arrows is a little high. If we want to fight the Xiongnu, we have to prepare more arrows."

There are definitely arrows, but if you want to fight a big battle and want to annihilate the Huns' reinforcements, etc., you naturally need to consider preparing more weapons.

Huo Xian also smiled and agreed with this approach. "I think so too. We have enough baggage for the winter. Now it's the Huns, and they haven't made any move yet. This is really abominable."

Not only Huo Xian was very dissatisfied with this situation, Gongsun Ao was actually a little anxious as well.

Defeating Yanqi and so on were not big problems. These seemed to be Huo Xian's spur-of-the-moment ideas, which were more for the purpose of making preparations for the next series of battles.

There is no reinforcement from Kangju and no sign of reinforcement from Xiongnu. Now only the small countries in the Western Regions have sent out a coalition force. To be honest, this is a bit inadequate.

Although if they destroyed Cheshi, they could basically get their mission done, and many people could be awarded titles and become generals for their merits, but no matter what, having come all the way to the Western Regions, Huo Xian would definitely not be satisfied with the current results.

"If these people don't move out, I should take the initiative to find them." Huo Xian said, "If that's the case, the Che Division should be defeated earlier, so that we can get more supplies to survive the winter."

Defeating Yanqi naturally meant that they obtained a good supply, which was given by the imperial court, and the army of tens of thousands of people could also spend the winter safely.

But these are not enough for Huo Xian. If the war is further prolonged, considering the burden of supplies on the Han army, he still needs to consider stockpiling more supplies.

This can also be considered as supporting the war by fighting. Transporting some arrows, weapons, etc. is far better than transporting food, etc. The burden on the court is obviously smaller and the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

The army is still continuing to hunt down the Western Region Coalition Forces. There is basically no suspense in this battle. Now we are just waiting to count the final results.

"Yanqi, Yuli, and Weixu have been completely defeated." Huo Xian smiled and said with great pride, "Yanqi and Cheshi have been basically destroyed. The Xiongnu will never threaten Yanqi again."

Gongsun Ao also agreed with Huo Xian's words. Cheshi, Yuli and other countries were already among the stronger countries in the Western Regions.

Now two were destroyed and two were crippled in one go, which basically meant that Wusun was the only powerful country left in the north of the Western Regions.

The most important thing is that now that these countries have been crippled, the Huns' control over the Western Regions will be greatly reduced. These countries are the minions of the Huns in ruling the Western Regions.

Huo Xian was in a very good mood. As long as the war was progressing smoothly, and the initiative was now further in his hands, that was worth being happy about.

Next, it is necessary to continue to expand the advantage. It is not enough to simply take control of the initiative in the battle. Huo Xian hopes to take control of the initiative of the entire strategy.

Now it seems that the conditions are becoming more and more mature. The initiative of how the war should proceed can only be in the hands of Huo Xian.

The army continued to hunt down the Western Region Coalition Forces, further weakening the strength of the Western Region countries.

Finally, the worries have been basically solved, so the next thing to do is to solve the real main problem.

This matter is urgent, this matter is not urgent, but preparations must be made!
(End of this chapter)